Hair curler



Jan. '15 1924.

M. D. MESERbLE HAIR CURLER Fil ed Jan. so

Patented Jan. 15, 1924.

UNETE arr OFFICE.

MILTON D. MESEROLE, OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE HAYES-MES-EROLE MFG. 00., INCL, OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filed January 30, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON D. MnsnnoLn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milford, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hair Curlers; and I dohereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and ex act description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in f Fig.1, a plan view of a hair curler constructed in accordance with myinvention.

Fig. 2, a side view of the same, with the tongues in their partly openposition.

Fig. 3, a plan view of a modified form of my invention.

This invention relates to improvement in hair curlers, and particularlyto hair curlers which comprise a frame with a tongue hinged thereto, anda guard sliding on said frame and adapted to engage with one end of thetongue, and is an improvement on the invention set forth in UnitedStates Patent No. 1,437,347, dated November 28, 1922, granted on anapplication filed by me June 5, 1922.

In the use of the device of the said patent, the tongue was placed nearthe roots of the hair and the strand wound around the tongue, which wasthen interlocked with the frame, but in using the curlers on short, orbobbed, hair, it is desirable to work from the outer end of the hairtoward the scalp, and to successfully accomplish this necessitates theuse of an auxiliary tongue, or, in other words, two tongues betweenwhich the ends of the hair are placed and around both of which tonguesthe hair is wound from the outer end inward.

The object of this invention is to provide a hair curler of the typeabove referred to, with an auxiliary tongue, and the invention consistsin a hair curler of the character described, having certain details ofconstruction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter describedand particularly re cited in the claims.

Serial No. 615,923.

In carrying out my invention, as in my prevlous patent, I employ a frameformed from a strip of wire, the central portion of which forms a rearbar 10, from which sides 11 and 12 project, the ends 13 and 14 beingturned inward to meet and form a longitudinal frame. Preferably, theends 13 and 14c will be entered into a sleeve 15, which forms a stop.The main tongue is preferably formed from a single piece of wire,doubled at the center to form a tip .18, the ends of the tongue beingformed with eyes 19 and 20, which are bent around the bar 10. Mountedupon the sides and adapted to be moved thereon is a slide 21, adapted toengage with the tip 18 of the main tongue. In the preferred form of myinvention, I employ an auxiliary tongue 23, also formed from a strip ofwire, the ends 24: of which are bent around the rear bar 10. Thisauxiliary tongue is shorter than the main tongue.

Instead of forming the tongue 23 with two side bars, it may consist of awire 25, which may be located between the sides of the main tongue andbent around the rear bar 10, between the sides of the main tongue.

In the use of either construction, the two tongues areslightlyseparated, and the ends of a strand of hair are placed betweenthem and then the device is turned so as to wind the strand around thetwo tongues, connecting them together. This is readily permitted byseparating them from the frame to the fullest extent. When the hair isfully wound upon the tongues, they are turned down against the frame,and the tip of the main tongue engaged by the slide 21, so as to lockthe main tongue in place, as in the construction of my previous patent,while the auxiliary tongue is held in place by the hair wound around it.In this way I provide a hair curler particularly adapted for use onshort hair.

I claim:

1. A hair curler, comprising a Wire frame, having a rear bar and slidemounted on said frame, a main tongue hinged to said rear bar and adaptedto be engaged by said slide, and an auxiliary tongue shorter than themain tongue also hinged to said rear bar ing its ends engaged with thesaid rear bar. and projecting forwardly therefrom. In testimony whereof,I have signed this 10 2. A hair curler, comprising a frame,inspecification in the presence of two subscribcluding a rear bar andslide mounted on said ing witnesses.

frame, a tongue hinged to said rear bar and MILTON D. MESEROLE.

adapted to be engaged by said slide, and an Witnesses: auxiliary tongueformed from a single piece JEANIE B. ROWE, of Wire and doubled at thevcenter and hav- GEORGE M. HAYES.

